Maths is everywhere, often where we least expect it. Award-winning professor Steven Strogatz acts as our guide as he takes us on a tour of numbers that - unbeknownst to the most of us - form a fascinating and integral part of our everyday lives. In The Joy of X, Strogatz explains the great ideas of maths - from negative numbers to calculus, fat tails to infinity - and shows how they connect to everything from popular culture and philosophy to current affairs and business practice. He is the maths teacher you never had and this book is perfect for the smart and curious, the expert and the beginner.
- ISBN10 1848878435
- ISBN13 9781848878433
- Publish Date 1 March 2013 (first published 1 January 2012)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 February 2017
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Atlantic Books
- Edition Main
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 336
- Language English